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H. F. CLARK.

CARTRIDGE.

No. 838,728. Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

UNITED STATES HENRY F. CLARK, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

CARTRIDGE.

BPBCIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,728, dated January5, 1886.

Application filed September 3. 1885. Serial No. 176,070. (N o model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, HENRY F. CLARK, of Poughkeepsie, in the county ofDutchessv and State of N ew York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cartridges, of which the following is a specification.

Cartridges for breech loading fire-arms have been made with a metalliccase or shell having a bullet within the forward end and lubricatingmaterial within the shell and around the point of the bullet. In otherinstances the bullet has been surrounded by a patch formed of a strip ofpaper, and this has been inserted at the end of the cartridge-case andlubricating material applied between the base of the bullet and the wadsthat rest upon the powder.

My present invention is designed as an improvement upon Letters Patentgrant-ed to ine, No. 310,650, in which the bullet, having a paper patcharound the saine, is combined with a lubricating material introduced inthe shell around the point of the bullet; but the lubricating materialaround the point of the bullet, if adapted to use in cold weather, isliable to melt and run out of the shell in hot weather.

My invention relates to a cartridge wherein I make use of a bullet thatis provided with the aforesaid paper patch-such as shown in my PatentNo. 286,3S7-an'd with the lubricating material introduced in the shellaround the point ot' the bullet, as shown in my aforesaid Patent No.310,650, the special feature of the present improvement being that theend of the eartridgeshell is closed in over the lubrioating material,with the end of the shell against the surface of the bullet, therebyconfining the lubricating material and retaining the same within theshell,whether in a soft or hard condition.

In the drawing I have represented my iniproved cartridge by alongitudinal section. The bullet a is preferably surrounded with thepatch b of'paper. The shell c 'is of any desired size, shape, or length,and under all circumstances it receives within it the bullet having thepatch b around it, the pointof the bullet projecting slightly beyond theend of the shell c. The space around the conical end 0f the bulletwithin the `shell is iilled with lubricating material cZ-such as tallowor other suitable substance. The end of the cartridgeshell aty Ic is nowcontracted or closed over the lubricating material, as shown in thedraw- 5 5 ing, and the end of the shell is made to press tightly againstthe surface of the bullet, thereby conining the lubricating material andretaining the saine within the shell, whether 1 n a solid or liquidstate. When the cartridge 1s fired, the end of the shell is spread, andthe tallow or other material passing out with the bullet not onlylubricates the patch and causes it to pass through thebarrel with greatease and accuracy, but it' also lubricates the barrel and preventsinjury to the same by leading, and the patched bullet cleans out thebarrel in a perfect manner and leaves the barrel with a thin coating oflubricating material that prevents the residuuin adhering to the metal.7o The end of the cartridge-shell may be closed or turned against thebullet in any desired manner; but usually it is done by a conical die,and said shell retains within it the lubricating material, regardless ofthe condition 1t may assume under the action of heat.

)ne ot' the advantageous features ot' my 1nvention is that dirt andgritty substances, which may injure and clog the iireariii, areprevented from adhering to the lubricatinggrease contained in the endot' the cartridgeshell, and the cartridgecan be kept clean.

In cases where the lubricating material has before been placed in frontof the patch and around the bullet such lubricant was not conned by thecase, and would run out if it became nielted by heat, and where the casewas closed around the ball there was no patch to prevent the lubricantrunning into the powder when the case became warm enough to melt thelubricant. In all instances the lubricant if too hard is not effectivein cold weather.

I claim asiny invention-n The cartridge having a patch around the bulletto lit tightly within the case and prevent the lubricating material,whether solid or liquid, reaching the powder, and the end of the caseclosed in tightly around the bullet to confine such lubricatingmateriahjn the case 10o and around the tapering portion of the bullet,substantially as specified.

Signed by me this 29th day of August, A.

HENRY F. CLARK. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNRY, HAROLD SERRELL.

